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  • Writer: Yaira Ebanks
    Yaira Ebanks
  • Oct 14
  • 1 min read

Siempre digo que no tengo arrepentimientos

Pero sí los tengo, y uno no deja de seguirme.


Me arrepiento de no haber pasado más tiempo

con mi abuela materna cuando estaba viva.


Ella me crió desde que tenía unos meses

hasta los cinco años.

Yo pensaba que era mi mamá.

Fue la primera mujer a la que le dije mami.


Me pesa no haber regresado a Honduras

cada vez que tuve la oportunidad,

para preguntarle,

¿Cuál es su flor favorita?

Mami, ¿cuál es su canción favorita?


Para verla

reírse,

y consolarla cuando lloraba.

Peinarle el pelo,

servirle una tacita de café,

agarrarle la mano,

y mirarla a los ojos.


Me duele no haberla cuidado,

no haberle devuelto aunque sea un poquito

de todo lo que le dio

a aquella niña

que todavía duele por dentro.

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I always say that I don’t have any regrets

But I do, and one has been haunting me.


I regret not having spent enough time

with my maternal grandmother when she was alive.

She raised me from a few months to five years old.

I thought she was my mother.

She was the first woman I called mami.


I regret not going back to Honduras

every chance I could

to ask her,

What’s your favorite flower?

Mami, cual es su cancion favorita?


To see her giggle,

and console her when she cried.

Run a comb through her hair,

serve her a cup of coffee,

hold her hand,

and look into her eyes.


I regret not having cared for her,

to give back an ounce of what she gave

that little girl

who still hurts inside.






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